Peter Townley

The Ven Peter Townley (b 16 November 1955) has been Archdeacon of Pontefract since 2008.^[1]

Townley was born in Manchester and educated at Moston Brook High School, the University of Sheffield and Ridley Hall, Cambridge.^[2] He was ordained deacon in 1980, and priest in 1981. After a curacy at Christ Church, Ashton-under-Lyne he was Priest in charge of St Hugh, Oldham. He was Rector of All Saints’, Stretford from 1988 to 1996; and then Vicar of St Mary-le-Tower, Ipswich from 1996 to 2008. He was also Rural Dean of Ipswich from 2001 to 2008.^[3]

References

↑ Companies House
↑ "Townley Peter". Crockford's Clerical Directory (online ed.). Church House Publishing. Retrieved 25 July 2017. (subscription required)
↑ TOWNLEY, Ven. Peter Kenneth’, Who's Who 2017, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2017; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2016 ; online edn, November 2016 accessed 25 July 2017

Church of England titles
Preceded by Jonathan Desmond Francis Greener	Archdeacon of Pontefract 2008–	Succeeded by Incumbent

Archdeacons of Halifax and of Pontefract
Halifax (old)	Ingham Brooke William Foxley Norris Henry Walsham How Richard Phipps (became Archdeacon of Pontefract)
Pontefract	Richard Phipps (previously Archdeacon of Halifax) Bishops suffragan of Pontefract Edward Henderson Ken Unwin John Flack Tony Robinson Jonathan Greener Peter Townley

Office holders

Diocesan bishop	Nick Baines, Bishop of Leeds
Area bishops	Tony Robinson, Bishop of Wakefield Jonathan Gibbs, Bishop of Huddersfield Toby Howarth, Bishop of Bradford Bishop of Ripon (vacant)
Other bishops	Paul Slater, Bishop of Richmond (assistant area bishop, Leeds Episcopal Area & assistant to the diocesan) AEO: the area Bishop of Wakefield
Deans	Jonathan Greener, Dean of Wakefield (presiding dean) Jerry Lepine, Dean of Bradford John Dobson, Dean of Ripon
Archdeacons	Peter Townley, Archdeacon of Pontefract Anne Dawtry, Archdeacon of Halifax Beverley Mason, Archdeacon of Richmond and Craven Andy Jolley, Archdeacon of Bradford Paul Ayers, Archdeacon of Leeds

Predecessor offices

diocesan Bishop of Ripon (1836–2014; renamed "Ripon and Leeds" in 1999)
diocesan Bishop of Wakefield (1888–2014)
diocesan Bishop of Bradford (1919–2014)
Provost of Bradford (1930–2000; see Dean of Bradford)
Provost of Wakefield (1931–2000; see Dean of Wakefield)
Archdeacon of Craven (1836–2014; merged into Richmond and Craven)
Archdeacon of Halifax (1888–1927; renamed Pontefract)
Archdeacon of Huddersfield (1888–1927; renamed Halifax)
Archdeacon of Ripon (1894–1921; renamed Archdeacon of Leeds)

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